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The Prayers of the Hours, known in the Coptic language as the Agpeya, are popular prayers used by the vast majority of the Christians of Egypt, the Copts. The Agpeya is in fact, Bible-centered prayers, composed for the most part of a selection of psalms from the Old Testament, and gospel readings from the New Testament, with some added hymns of praise and other prayers. The Agpeya prayers are usually recited by both individuals and families for prayers at home, as well as for communal prayers at Church as introductory prayers recited prior to Mass. The present book presents the "Bohairic-Coptic" text of the Agpeya. It is written according to the rites of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Egypt, and follows the prayers and order of the contemporary Agpeya. It is presented in "Coptic-only" using the same text format used by contemporary liturgical books of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The text has been compiled from different sources, each of which based on extant and documented primary sources. It was further reviewed against a primary source, a 19th century Coptic-Arabic Agpeya manuscript hand-written by Pope Cyril V(1874-1920), one the eminent Fathers of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and a recognized authority of a high stature.
Prayer is one of the important practices in the Christian faith, by which we inform God our faith, our thanksgiving, and our requests. Our Lord Jesus Christ prayed and has giving us the greatest prayer, "Our Father." In our Coptic Orthodox Church, the Agpeya is the prayer book of the hours in which the Church had set prayers for individuals, families, and congregants to be prayed at specific times of the day. The book includes all canonical hours' prayers including the Veil, as well as the Absolution of the Priests, and some personal prayers. Coptic text for some selected prayers and some of the hours' litanies has also been included. All Scripture readings are according to the NKJV while all other texts are what has been used in St. Mark's, Jersey City for many years.

Agpeya

Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States of America

Published: 2018-03-23

Total Pages: 256


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Derived from the Coptic word tee-agp, meaning ¿hour,¿ this refers to the book promoted by the Coptic Church to be used as a guide for prayer. It is arranged in canonical hours (which mark the divisions of the day in terms of periods of fixed prayer at regular intervals), with each hour with its own theme, and each containing mostly selections from the psalms, which are meant to be prayed. There are usually 12 psalms in each hour, the number of which can be traced back to a miracle involving Abba Pachomius of the Egyptian desert when an angel appeared, recited twelve psalms, and vanished. For this reason the formula of 12 psalms has been given the name, ¿The Rule of the Angel.¿
This book presents the complete Book of the Psalms, a Contemporary Prayer Book of the Hours, called the Agpeya in the Coptic language, and a few select Doxologies. The text is presented in both English and the Bohairic dialect of the Coptic language, according to the traditions of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Egypt. The Coptic language is in fact the last stage of the ancient Egyptian language. The English text presented is the equivalent available English text of the Coptic. The Prayer Book of the Hours, the Agpeya, is primarily based on selections of the Psalms, appropriate selections of the New Testament Gospel readings, and some hymns of praise. The presentation of the Agpeya Prayers accordingly refers to the psalms already included in the Book of the Psalms. The editor and scribe of the book, has strived to use scientific methods of enquiry to the maximum extent possible to come up with Coptic text. He used reliable sources based on available primary sources, and compared it directly with primary sources to obtain an accurate text. As ancient texts were written mostly without spacing between the words and without the aid of modern punctuation marks, the editor has attempted to present the Coptic text using punctuation marks, as used in American English.
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